Mitchell’s long wait for justice is an outrage

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A year must be enough for the police to investigate one 45-second incident

One year ago after a long, tiring day, Andrew Mitchell wheeled his
sit-up-and-beg pushbike away from his Downing Street office. You can see him
on the smeary CCTV footage, heading for the gates — and, as it turned out,
an ugly political row.

Today, a full 12 months later, the former Government Chief Whip remains
precisely where he found himself the morning after his famous encounter with
the law — that is to say, nowhere. It’s a little difficult to see why this
should be so. According to a committee of MPs that reported in some
exasperation last week, the police have